Microsoft releases new patch for Windows 10 version 1809

Laurent Giret

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Microsoft released yesterday a new patch for Windows 10 version 1809, in the form of the build 17763.292 (via Neowin). This is an optional update that follows this month’s Patch Tuesday released on January 8, but you may want to take a look at all the bug fixes included in this release.

The patch notes mention a fix for an issue causing Microsoft Edge to stop working with certain display drivers, and Microsoft has also fixed a compatibility issue with AMD R600 and R700 display chipsets. You can find the full list of fixes below:

  • Addresses an issue that may cause Microsoft Edge to stop working with certain display drivers.
  • Addresses an issue that may cause third-party applications to have difficulty authenticating hotspots.
  • Addresses an issue that causes promotions of non-root domains to fail with the error, “The replication operation encountered a database error.” The issue occurs in Active Directory forests in which optional features like Active Directory recycle have been enabled.
  • Addresses an issue related to the date format for the Japanese era calendar. For more information, see KB4469068.
  • Addresses a compatibility issue with AMD R600 and R700 display chipsets.
  • Addresses an audio compatibility issue when playing newer games with 3D Spatial Audio mode enabled through multichannel audio devices or Windows Sonic for Headphones.
  • Addresses an issue that may cause audio playback to stop responding when playing Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) audio content after using a Seek operation such as rewind.
  • Addresses an issue that allows users to uninstall apps from the Start menu when the “Prevent users from uninstalling applications from Start menu” group policy is set.
  • Addresses an issue that causes File Explorer to stop working when you click the Turn On button for the timeline feature. This issue occurs when the “Allow upload of user activities” group policy is disabled.
  • Addresses an issue that prevents users from installing a Local Experience Pack from the Microsoft Store when that language is already set as the active Windows display language.
  • Addresses an issue that causes some symbols to appear in a square box on a text control.
  • Addresses an issue with two-way audio that occurs during phone calls for some Bluetooth headsets.
  • Addresses an issue that may turn off TCP Fast Open by default on some systems.
  • Addresses an issue that may cause applications to lose IPv4 connectivity when IPv6 is unbound.
  • Addresses an issue on Windows Server 2019 that may break connectivity on guest virtual machines (VMs) when applications inject the low-resource flag on packets.
  • Addresses an issue that occurs if you create a page file on a drive with FILE_PORTABLE_DEVICE characteristics. The “Windows created a temporary warning” message appears.
  • Addresses an issue that causes Remote Desktop Services to stop accepting connections after accepting several connections.
  • Addresses an issue in Windows Server 2019 that causes a Hyper-V VM to remain at the bootloader screen for OS selection when restarting the machine. This issue occurs when Virtual Machine Connection (VMConnect) is attached.
  • Addresses an issue with rendering of end-user-defined characters (EUDC) in Microsoft Edge.
  • Updates the Ltotape.sys driver to add native support for Linear Tape-Open 8 (LTO-8) tape drives.

This new build comes with two known issues that were already present in the previous build: Microsoft expect to fix a bug related to Access databases in early February, but the other bug preventing some users to load a webpage in Microsoft Edge using a local IP address will be fixed in an upcoming release.